US6534712B1 - Pressure vessel joint for repeaters in submarine optical communication systems - Google Patents
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US20050105164A1 (en) * | 2003-11-17 | 2005-05-19 | Young Mark K. | Electrical insulating ring located between an end cap and a tension sleeve of an undersea pressure vessel housing an optical amplifier module |
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US4253729A (en) * | 1978-08-11 | 1981-03-03 | Compagnie Industrielle Des Telecommunications Cit-Alcatel | Sealed connection between an optical fibre cable and a submerged housing |
US4505540A (en) * | 1981-01-20 | 1985-03-19 | Kokusai Denshin Denwa Kabushiki Kaisha | Spliced portion housing structure for optical fiber in optical submerged repeater |
US4722590A (en) * | 1983-03-23 | 1988-02-02 | British Telecommunications | Jointing armoured submarine cables |
US4598290A (en) * | 1983-06-29 | 1986-07-01 | Mobil Oil Corporation | Fiber optic penetrator for offshore oil well exploration and production |
US4632507A (en) * | 1983-09-16 | 1986-12-30 | Les Cables De Lyon | Cable-to-repeater joining device for underwater optical fiber cable |
US4830455A (en) * | 1983-11-17 | 1989-05-16 | British Telecommunications Public Limited Company | Jointing arrangement |
US4757157A (en) * | 1986-11-14 | 1988-07-12 | Alcatel Cit | Housing for an undersea repeater |
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US5301959A (en) * | 1989-10-04 | 1994-04-12 | British Telecommunications Public Limited Company | Sealing gland |
US5110224A (en) * | 1989-11-15 | 1992-05-05 | Stc Plc | Flexible cable termination with swivel couplings |
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US5642219A (en) | 1995-07-27 | 1997-06-24 | Fujitsu Limited | Optical repeater |
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US20040160663A1 (en) * | 2002-11-19 | 2004-08-19 | Red Sky Systems, Inc. | Optical amplifier module housed in a universal cable joint for an undersea optical transmission system |
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US20050105164A1 (en) * | 2003-11-17 | 2005-05-19 | Young Mark K. | Electrical insulating ring located between an end cap and a tension sleeve of an undersea pressure vessel housing an optical amplifier module |
US20050185257A1 (en) * | 2003-11-17 | 2005-08-25 | Young Mark K. | Apparatus for concatonating a plurality of undersea pressure vessels each housing an optical amplifier module |
WO2005052645A3 (en) * | 2003-11-17 | 2005-09-09 | Red Sky Systems Inc | Electrical insulating ring located between an end cap and a tension sleeve of an undersea pressure vessel |
US6950229B2 (en) * | 2003-11-17 | 2005-09-27 | Red Sky Systems, Inc. | Electrical insulating ring located between an end cap and a tension sleeve of an undersea pressure vessel housing an optical amplifier module |
US20050200943A1 (en) * | 2004-03-12 | 2005-09-15 | Devincentis David S. | Thermal management of an optical amplifier module housed in a universal cable joint |
WO2005091445A1 (en) * | 2004-03-12 | 2005-09-29 | Red Sky Systems, Inc. | Thermal management of an optical amplifier module housed in a universal cable joint |
US7278789B2 (en) * | 2005-09-08 | 2007-10-09 | Tyco Telecommunications (Us) Inc. | Undersea equipment housing with molded terminations |
US20070053645A1 (en) * | 2005-09-08 | 2007-03-08 | Kordahi Maurice E | Undersea equipment housing with molded terminations |
US8596697B1 (en) | 2009-10-16 | 2013-12-03 | Sypris Technologies, Inc. | Actuated breach lock |
US10041802B1 (en) * | 2011-09-28 | 2018-08-07 | The Boeing Company | Methods and systems for depicting own ship |
CN104137369A (en) * | 2012-03-20 | 2014-11-05 | Tgs地球物理(英国)有限公司 | Cylindrical housing with locking ring |
CN104137369B (en) * | 2012-03-20 | 2017-10-27 | Tgs地球物理(英国)有限公司 | Cylindrical housings with lock ring |
US20180287702A1 (en) * | 2017-03-31 | 2018-10-04 | Nexans | Fiber optic extender |
US10797797B2 (en) * | 2017-03-31 | 2020-10-06 | Nexans | Fiber optic extender |
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